Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 18836, Joseph Gloyd, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Gloyd, Joseph
S. 18836
carded
CONTENTS

10.075
Massachusetts
Joseph Gloya
Wampswin the State of MASS he was a Private in the Company commanded Captain Dicker of the Regt commanded Col Wade in the Mass for 8 months
Date of death not on AB
Enscribed on the Roll of Naumkeag the rate of 20 - Dollars — Cents per annum, commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 day of March 1833 and Lieut Genl. C. Batt Northampton Mass
Arrears to the 4th of March '33 $40.00 Pension allowance ending 4 Sept. 10.00 $50.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by N. Adams Clerk, Book 8 Vol. 2 Page 28

N o 4.359
Joseph Lloyd
Pratt
6 Marts
Witnesses Not Called to be credible
Nov 26 1832
9th
Hon J C Bates
Northampton
Mass
C. P. Huntington
Northampton
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Joseph Gloyd of the County of Hampshire in the State of Mass.  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 68 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1778 — 6 — As a Private Gen. Capt. Hutton Col. Wade, Capt. Belcher &  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? None  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Braintree  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Dispositions  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Levi Bell Examining Clerk.

J Glayds Declaration
Joseph Glayd. No 4359

DECLARATION,
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1832.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } ss. COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE. }
ON this twentieth day of August  1832 personally appeared in open court, before Hon. Samuel Hinsley Judge of the court of Probate now sitting, Joseph Lloyd a resident of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire, and State of Massachusetts, aged Sixty eight years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. Joseph Lloyd of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts was born at Abington in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth aforesaid November 10th 1863, now being in the sixty ninth year of my age and was a resident of said Abington nine years and of Braintree seven years excepting what time I spent in the revolutionary war, and the remaining fifty two years of my life I have spent in Plainfield aforesaid. I enlisted into a company of the militia for the war of the revolution when I was an inhabitant of Braintree aforesaid, commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Belcher and Lieut. by Col. Waste as a private for six months the last of June or first of July 1778. And I served two of the said six months under Capt. Belcher aforesaid and the remaining four months under Capt. Butler of the same Regiment under General Sullivan at the time of his expedition on Rhode Island. And I was dismissed from said service the last of December 1778 or the first of January 1779. While on the said six months duty I was stationed about one month at Providence R.I. where I often stood on guard. We were also stationed for a time at Bristol R.I. where I also stood on guard against the approach of the enemy who were then on the Island. We then crossed from Tiverton R.I. over onto the Island, and Town of Newport and took possession of a post on the north end of the Island, evacuated by the British and there I remained until the army retired from the Island I have no official record of my age. I am known in my present neighborhood to Rev. Moses Haddock John Black Esq. Col. Jason Richards and many others. All my services were performed, I believe, in the Massachusetts State troops I never received any written dis- charge.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any,) only on that of the agency in the State of
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate for s th County
We, Moses Haddock residing in the town of Plainfield and Jason Richards residing in Plainfield hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Joseph Lloyd who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Sixty eight years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighbor- hood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate Moses Haddock Jason Richards
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Moses Haddock who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clengymen resident in said Plainfield and that Jason Richards who has also signed the same, is a resident in said Plainfield and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Samuel Hinsley Judge of Probate
I, Sam d F. Lyman  Esq. of the Court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Joseph Lloyd for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this twentieth
day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two -
Sam d F. Lyman Register

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
May 1, 1933
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BA-5/221 Joseph Gloyd-3.18836
Honorable L.J. Dickinson United States Senate Washington, D.C.
My dear Senator:
Reference is made to your letter of April 24, in behalf of Mrs. H.C. Rindsig, of Spencer, Iowa, whose letter you enclosed and in which she requested the record of Joseph Gloyd, variously spelled, of Massachusetts.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made and that name found only once, all spellings searched. His record is given below as found in the papers on file in pension claim, 3.18836, based upon his services in that war.
Joseph Gloyd was born November 10, 1763, in Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, where he stated he resided for nine years, then in Braintree, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Braintree, he enlisted about July 1, 1778, served six months as a private in Captains Nathaniel Belcher's and Cutler's Companies, Colonel Wade's Massachusetts Regiment and went to Rhode Island in General Sullivan's expedition.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 20, 1832, while residing in Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, where, he stated, he had then resided for fifty-two years.
It is not stated that soldier was ever married.
In 1832, one Benjamin Gloyd resided in Plainfield, Massachusetts; no relationship to the soldier was shown.
There are no further data as to family.
For ref's record see Mass S.P. VOL 6 page 515- I did not use that he resided in Braintree 7 yrs because he said 7 yrs except such time as he was in Res. according to his figures he must have located in Plainfield just after the close of his enlistment period
Capt's Belcher's Mass not in that man there was no mil

In order that your constituent may obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Joseph Gloyd (S.18836), she should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, citing all of the following data:
Joseph Gloyd, Certificate No. 10075, issued March 19, 1833, rate $30 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Massachusetts Agency.
Mrs. Rindsig's letter is returned herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Assistant to Administrator.

I 18836
INVALID.
File No. 18836
Joseph Lloyd
Dis New Mar
Act: June 7 th 82
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Oct. 18 th Hosh to Levi W. Lloyd. Plainfield. Mass. M.E.C.
May 1. 1833-Test. to New L. Dickinson - Oct

No 4359
Joseph Gloyd

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Joseph Gloyd which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? Yes. VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes.

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? no And is the official character and signature of the magistrate certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? yes, XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? yes XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
 EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days. I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____: and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Benjamin Glays for J. Glays

Hampshire ss. December 15 th 1882 I hereby certify that Benjamin Gloyd the within deponent is a man of truth and veracity
Nehemiah Richards } justice of the Peace

I Benjamin Gloyd of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say, that I am knowing to the services done in the revolutionary war, by Joseph Gloyd of Plainfield in the State and County aforesaid &c. He enlisted under Capt Nathaniel Belcher in the regiment of Col. Wade, for six months, but he served only a part of the time under the said Capt. Belcher, and served the remaining part of the six months under Capt. Cutter of the same regiment said enlistment being made the latter part of June or fore part of July 1778 for Sullivan's expedition on Rhode Island. I furthermore say that I have a perfect recollection of his enlisting for said service at Braintree in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth aforesaid and of seeing him on duty in the army sometime in the month of November and also of his returning home at the expiration of the term for which he enlisted,
Benjamin Gloyd
State of Massachusetts } County of Hampshire }
Plainfield August 10th 1832 in said County personally appeared Benjamin Gloyd and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition By him subscribed before me.
Jeremiah Richards one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Hampshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hampshire ss
I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Court of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Jeremiah Richards Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the date thereof a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said certificate is known by me to be the hand-writing of the said Jeremiah Richards
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk

Hampshire H. December 17 th 1882
I hereby certify that Philip Packard the within deponent is a man of truth and veracity
Wrenniah Richards } Justice of the Peace
Philip Packard
for J. Glay

I Philip Packard of Plainfield in the County of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts do testify and say that, having heretofore been a soldier in the war of the revolution I am knowing to the services of Joseph Gloyd of Plainfield in the state and county aforesaid in the same war, viz. He enlisted under Capt. Nathaniel Belcher in the regiment of Col. Wade for six months, (but served only two months under Capt. Belcher, he having left the service at the expiration of that time) and the said Gloyd served the remaining four months under Capt. Cutter of the same regiment, said enlistment being made in June or July 1778 for Sullivan's expedition in the state of Rhode Island. I also know that he the said Gloyd served during the six months for which he enlisted and was then discharged in last of December or first of January following.
Philip Packard
State of Massachusetts } ss County of Hampshire }
Plainfield in said county August 10th 1832 personally appeared Philip Packard and made oath to the truth of the foregoing deposition by him subscribed before me
Nathaniel Richards one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Hampshire
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Hampshire ss I Solomon Stoddard Clerk of the Judicial Courts of the Commonwealth for the County of Hampshire do certify that Nathaniel Richards Esq. whose signature is affixed to the above certificate was at the time thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly Commissioned and acting under the authority of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity - and that the signature to said Certificate is known by me to be the hand writing of the said Nathaniel Richards
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas for said Commonwealth this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two
S. Stoddard Clerk

W.H.H.P.
Mr. Lockman.
I would like to know where Joseph Gloyd enlisted from. He was a Revolutionary soldier and drew a pension while he lived in Plainfield Hampshire County Massachusetts. What branch of the army he was in? How long he served, and what other information you can give me. He was my Grandfather!
Respectfully yours
Levi W. Gloyd
Plainfield, Hampshire County Mass Sept 12 th 1895

CARTER GLASS, VA., CHAIRMAN KENNETH MC KELLAR, TENN. FREDERICK HALE, ME. JOHN B. KENDRICK, WYO. HENRY W. KEYES, N. H. ROYAL S. COPELAND, N. Y. GERALD P. NYE, N. DAK. CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. FREDERICK STEIWER, OREG. SAM G. BRATTON, N. MEX. PETER NORBECK, S. DAK. ELMER THOMAS, OKLA. PORTER H. DALE, VT. JAMES F. BYRNES, S. C. L. J. DICKINSON, IOWA. MILLARD E. TYDINGS, MD. JOHN G. TOWNSEND, JR., DEL. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., GA. ROBERT D. CAREY, WYO. MARCUS A. COOLIDGE, MASS. ALVA B. ADAMS, COLO. PATRICK MC CARRAN, NEV. JOHN H. OVERTON, LA.
KENNEDY F. REA, CLERK JOHN W. R. SMITH, ASST. CLERK
United States Senate
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 24, 1933.
Hon. E. W. Morgan, Director of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Morgan:
Enclosed herewith is a letter from Mrs. N. C. Rindsig, Spencer, Iowa, requesting the pension record of one Joseph Gloyd .
Any information you may be able to send me will be greatly appreciated.
Yours very truly,
L. J. Dickinson L. J. Dickinson.
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O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
M.P.C.
E. S.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., October 1, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Joseph Gloyd --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     He enlisted about the first of July, 1778, for 6 months, and served two months of the time as a private in Capt. Beecher's company, and the remaining 4 months in Capt. Cutler's company, Col. Wade's Mass. Regt.  
Battles engaged in,
He was in Sullivan's Expedition.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Braintree, Mass.
Date of application for pension, August 20, 1832.
Residence at date of application, Plainfield, Mass.
Age at date of application, Born, Abington, Mass., Nov. 10, 1763.
Remarks:
Very respectfully,
Levi W. Gloyd, Esq.,
Plainfield, Mass.
Commissioner.